Oh, I don't miss those days of biomes and dioramas and "special projects." (Once we even made a simulated hockey rink in a pyrex pan to show how zambonis work to clean the ice. Amazing what we Moms are capable of. . .)

I, unfortunately, also know the evil ways of poison ivy in all seasons. Hope the stuff works -- fast.

That guy is crazy colorful awesomeness! Looks like something you'd find on one of those tropical islands used as a super-awesome secret villain base by evil masterminds. When it opens its beak, it has camera in it...